"Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack."

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“If wishes were wings, pigs would fly.”

“It is the enemy you underestimate who kills you.”

“The pike does not ask the frog’s permission before dining.”

“The rose petal floats on water. The kingfisher flashes above the pond. Life and beauty swirl in the midst of death.”

“Courage to strengthen, fire to blind, music to daze, iron to bind.”

“Nobody tells us how to be men. We just are.”

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"Where there’s a will there’s a way. We have the will to world revolution, therefore we must find the way to reach the masses of the exploited and the enslaved women, whether the historical conditions …"

— Clara Zetkin

Politics1857–1933

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"I don't want to give the impression that because of gender, I was oppressed. I was, but then I lent myself to it. I regret it, as it was a disservice to women. But I was too unaware for too long."

— Frances Ames

Medicine1920–2002

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